sheltered upbringing; person who has had a sheltered upbringing; (lit.) hothouse upbringing
conjunctive particle indicating a cause or reason
boom; bang; wham; Oh my God!; What a shock!
supreme leader; ultimate leader
believer; adherent; devotee; fanboy; fanatic; superfan
conversation; conference (usu. between important people); discussion; interview
limits; boundary; domain; area (e.g. in programming languages)
too much for one to handle; beyond one's capacity; unmanageable; uncontrollable; incorrigible; obstreperous
report; return (e.g. tax); statement; declaration; notification; filing
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
criticizing; lambasting; pointing out faults; calling for a retake; ordering (somebody) to redo something
no good; not allowed; not acceptable; outtake; blooper; retake
substitution; alternation; alternative; substitute
to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse
advanced (developed) country; advanced nations
already known; well-known
entirety; whole; balance (in Zen); equality
advance guard; vanguard; avant-garde (e.g. music)
performing without rehearsal
to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off
going straight to the point; cutting it short; as it turns out
warfare in which soldiers fling themselves at the enemy; hand-to hand combat
sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)
scarecrow; figurehead; dummy
clay doll; clay figure; clay figurine
increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
to write down; to record; to register
conversion (e.g. yen to dollars); change; exchange; translation (numerical)
chestnut-color; chestnut-colour
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
one's last moments; death throes; agony of death
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces